Astro Images with Modified Canon Rebel

by Gary Honis

 

Listed below are imaging sessions in chronological order using the modified Canon Digital Rebel (300D)

UPDATE: In 2008, I began imaging with a peltier cooled self-modified Canon 450D and astro-images taken with that camera can be seen HERE.

Click on thumbnails below for more images taken during that imaging session


October 27 through November 13, 2007

Comet 17P/ Holmes - Mosaics, Animations & Images and also

3-D images (Blue/Red 3-D glasses required)

Comet Holmes was imaged with the following telescopes:

Orion ED80:

The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

20" Starmaster:


October 5-6, 2007

M45 Pleiades Open Cluster

NGC 7000 North America Nebula

M38 Open Cluster, NGC 1907, IC 417 & NGC 1931

NGC 869 & 884 Perseus Double Cluster

M13 Hercules Globular Cluster

 

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 


September 11-15, 2007

M33 Pinwheel Galaxy

M52 Open Cluster

NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula

Black Forest Star Party Field Photos

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.


August 13, 2007

NGC 6960 Veil Nebula and Jupiter

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 


June 15, 2007

M31 Andromeda Galaxy & M11 Wild Duck Open Cluster

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.




May 15 - 19, 2007

M8 Lagoon Nebula, M20 Trifid Nebula, M17 Omega Nebula, M16 Eagle Nebula, M4 Globular Cluster, Sun in H-Alpha, Moon & Venus Conjunction

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

All images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.



March 18 & 20, 2007

 

Horsehead & Flame Nebula, M95, M96 & M105 Galaxies, M84, M86 Virgo Core of Galaxies,

M65, M66 & NGC 3628 Galaxies

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.



March 18, 2007

 

Horsehead & Flame Nebula - M65, M66 & NGC 3628 Galaxies

 

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 


March 13, 2007

 

Cone Nebula and NGC 2264 - the Christmas Tree Cluster

 

Image was taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 

 

 


 

March 11, 2007

 

IC 443 Nebula - Also known as the "Jellyfish Nebula"

 

Image was taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.


March 9, 2007

M1 - Crab Nebula

NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula

M67 - Open Cluster

Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 


March 6, 2007

M42 - Orion Nebula

 

Image was taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.

 

 

 

 


October 26, 2006

Comet C/2006 M4 SWAN - Images & Animation - October 26, 2006

Ricketts Glen

Images below were taken unguided with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was piggybacked on a Meade 10 inch LX200. A Baader UV/IR filter was used


April 25-27, 2006

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

Animation of Comet 73P Fragment "C"

Images of Fragments "B" & "C", Jupiter & Sun in H-Alpha

 

 


September 2005

M57 Ring Nebula, NGC 6960 Veil Nebula, M101 Galaxy, M92 Globular Cluster & M27 Dumbell Nebula

Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park

Deep Sky Images taken with a modified Digital Rebel through 20 inch Starmaster Alt-Az Dobsonian with GOTO Skytracker and autoguided using a modified Philips Vesta webcam.


7/10/05: M27 - Dumbell Nebula, NGC 7331 Deer Lick Galaxy Group and NGC 6960 Veil Nebula. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE

 

 

 


 

7/2/05: Mouseover image showing location of Supernova 2005CS in M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE

 

 

 


 

5/31-6/1/05: M64 Black Eye Galaxy, M63 Sun Flower Galaxy, M13 Hercules Globular Cluster and M5 Globular Cluster. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE

 

Also: Daytime Infrared Images taken with Modified Canon Rebel.

 

 

 


 

2/1-5/05: M42, Flame & Horsehead Nebula , Rosette Nebula , M65/ M66 Galaxy Trio in Leo, Cone Nebula & Thor's Helmet. Orion ED80 with f/6.3 reducer autoguided with GUIDEDOG and LX200 with SC modified webcam. CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 


 

 

1/15/05: Comet Machholz and M42 with unguided one-minute exposures. CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

Click on thumbnails above for more images taken during that imaging session


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